Comment on New to Lemmy. I have a couple of questions.
Fosheze@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Welcome to Lemmy. I see most people answered your questions but just so you’re aware, the only reason world has as many users as it does is because it was basically the only instance that didn’t close it’s signups durring the first reddit exodus and that also had enough resources to handle the massive influx of users without completely breaking. Most people didn’t pick world for any reason other than it was the only instance they could sign up for at the time. Joining any other instance is better because a more diverse fediverse is a healthier fediverse.
TehBamski@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The reason I started an account on Lemmy.World vs sh.itjust.works, is because there was no way I was gonna tell my parents/friends/others that I saw something on ‘shit just works.’
TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You could just say that you saw something on Lemmy regardless of the instance.
TehBamski@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah… I guess for me, it seemed weird to say that I saw/read something on Lemmy, as it’s similar to saying I read something on Wiki. They’re both frameworks for a kind of website. And not really narrowing down to the website you were actually on.
TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
With federation, thinking of them as websites in the traditional sense doesn’t really fit. By saying “on Lemmy” you’re narrowing it down to the platform you viewed it from which is actually more specific than necessary.